Article: This Is Not A Book Review

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> > > > "I don't think Bhaktisiddantha [sic] was particularly in tune with

> > > > the lives of householders or people who lived and worked in the

> > > > world. His opinion reflected the experience of a lifelong

> > > > renunciate, which is not the experience of most of us."

> > >

> > > At the best this sounds like a frog giving its opinion on a lion in

> > > the assembly of lion's followers.

> >

> > It's really a moot point. The writer has made it patently obvious that

> > she knows as much about the teachings of Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati

> > Thakur as Marilyn Monroe knew about quantum physics.

> >

> > Your servant

> > Braja Sevaki dd

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> Monroe, by opening her mouth about quantum physics, may merely reveal her

> ignorance. But the comment as it stands (I do not know what precededs and

> follows this statment) about Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarawati Takura

> Prabhupada not only reveals the author's ignorance, but is verily a

> GREIVIOUS offence, what Lord Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu has warned as the

> "mad elephant offense." Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarawati Takura Prabhupada

> is an authorized, empowered Acharya and thus as such he knows ALL that is

> to be known with regard to his assigned preaching field at ALL levels.

> Yes, this will be evident to anyone who is able to by His Divine Grace's

> Mercy study and assimilate them propery.

 

What preceded was this:

 

Maria Ekstrand <mariaekstrand (AT) earthlink (DOT) net>

Sat, 04 May 2002 09:21:32 -0700

Re[2]: [TD] "Let all the sannyasis..."

 

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>At 03:56 PM 5/4/02 +0200, Artem wrote:

 

>both yes and no. dont you think Bhaktisiddhanta was more or less advanced?

>still he said it.

 

I don't think Bhaktisiddantha was particularly in tune with the lives of

householders or people who lived and worked in the world. His opinion

reflected the experience of a lifelong renunciate, which is not the

experience of most of us.

 

> gotta be some reason. sadhu does not have his own opinion. he's no muni.

> really.

 

Yes, but that doesn't mean it's valid now, or valid for all of us, or how we

should live our lives now. I still think it's a depressing way to look at

the world and it at least partially explains to me why you seem unhappy much

of the time.

 

Madhu

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